Development Deathtraps

Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame

Stones at stones' worth

Industrial diamonds can now be produced cheaply

It's about silicosis

It's also about not compensating suffering mineworkers

Villagers protest relocation of stone-crushers

Ordered by the Supreme Court to shift stone-crushers from the Delhi-Faridabad border, officials have arbitrarily moved them to a nearby village, …

Last gasps

WAIT UNTIL DEATH Perspectives Audio Visuals Bengali S-VHS/Umatic 55 mins (English subtitles) Supriya Sen, Samit Basu-Mallik, Tathagatha Banerjee, …

A swami and sand mafia

Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time?

Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry

This Pune stone-crusher unit shows how to do it properly

Mangrul village unit runs on best practices despite being surrounded by polluting ones

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease

Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels

Mahoba mess continues: NGT seeks report on stone mining

Case before green court alleges air, noise pollution    

Pollution in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around pollution

Granite greed

Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 13-17)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Illegal stone quarrying causing kidney disease in Odisha's Jajpur district

Locals allege that illegal stone quarrying in Dharmshala block of Odisha is contaminating the nearby source of water, leading to kidney diseases

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 17, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 30, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

In Short

Polluting units shut in Kaziranga

Green tribunal fines state, Centre for allowing stone crushers, brick kilns near Assam park

Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle

Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

Placing stone crushers in ‘green’ category will create a huge environmental mess

CPCB draft report on classification of industries intends to shift stone crushing to green category from orange

COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood